When eight-year-old Shula turns up alone and unannounced in a rural
Zambian village, the locals are suspicious. A minor incident escalates
to a full-blown WITCH TRIAL, where she is found guilty and sentenced
to life on a state-run WITCH CAMP. There, she is tethered to a long
white ribbon and told that if she ever tries to run away, she will be
transformed into a goat. As the days pass, Shula begins to settle into
her new community, but a threat looms on the horizon. Soon she is
forced to make a difficult decision – whether to resign herself to
life on the camp, or take a risk for freedom.At times moving, often
funny and occasionally surreal, _I Am Not a Witch_ offers spellbinding
storytelling with flashes of anarchic humour. Audacious and
unforgettable, it showcases Rungano Nyoni as a fresh and fearless new
voice in British film.
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